Travel Blogs from Montfavet

... Arles, this town is a medieval town that is also well known for being the setting of several well known Van Gogh paintings. We got a little map that was a self guided walking tour that put us around town and some of the outskirts to the locations of 10 Van Gogh paintings. This tour was not the best a times as we could not actually locate two of them with much effort but still able to see the painting's setting, with the help of Google. One ...

... at the wheel, we made good time and we arrived in Gordes at our luxury B&B just after midday. Hot, hungry but thankful to be here, we dumped the car and walked the 800mtrs or so down the dusty dry road into Gordes town. It was certainly hot (90 Fahrenheit we reckon) but all the heat did was further hone our laser like focus on where could we have lunch. Or more specifically, where can I get a beer, a 7UP (need some sugar), some fresh water and some chilled white wine. ...

... here and left distinctly different styles of architecture between the 2nd C BC and the 3rd C AD. There were good descriptions in English that really helped our understanding. We did have a short rain shower to try out our plastic cape sauna suits but it didn't last long.

We headed back down the main street for lunch and a self guided historical walk about of the old town, it was easy to see why artists and writers liked this picturesque little ...

... move water from a natural spring many km's away. So they built this aqua duct that moved the water from the point it was to Nimes where they wanted it to be. For centuries it was maintained so it could it be crossed by vehicle until I think it was the Barbarians believed it was a waste and had no use for it, so it was no longer used. I did a climb to a viewing platform, hope the photos do it justice :o) We then travelled onto the little hilltop village called Les Baux ...

One of my favourite places I visited in France, Avignon is such a beautiful old city. We stayed at an Air B'n'B rental within the ancient town centre, and were lucky enough to have access to a rooftop patio that looked out over the city toward the Palais de Papes. Had a lovely time strolling along the medieval ramparts, and the gorgeous wall of greenery in the city centre. Nothing bad to say about my visit to Avignon! ...